K-State Faces Kansas in Dillons Sunflower Showdown

GAME #18
Kansas State (8-9, 2-4 Big 12) at Kansas (12-6, 1-6 Big 12)
Wednesday, January 29, 2020 | 8 p.m. | Allen Fieldhouse | Lawrence, Kan.

TELEVISION
FSN
• Ron Thulin (play-by-play)
• Brenda VanLengen (analyst)

RADIO
K-State Sports Network
• Brian Smoller (play-by-play)
• Randy Peterson (analyst)
Listen Online: www.kstatesports.com/watch [free]

TICKETS & PROMOTIONS
Tickets
(800) 34- HAWKS or visit kuathletics.com

LIVE STATS
www.kstatesports.com

COACHES
Kansas State: Jeff Mittie (Missouri Western '89)
Overall: 562-310/28th season | At K-State: 108-75/6th season

Kansas: Brandon Schneider (Wayland Baptist '95)
Overall: 452-227/21st season | At Kansas: 51-89/5th season

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP (based on previous game)
Kansas State (8-9, 2-4 Big 12)
G: #3 Angela Harris | F: #11 Peyton Williams | F: #25 Jasauen Beard | G: #43 Christianna Carr | C: #50 Ayoka Lee

Kansas (12-6, 1-6 Big 12)
F: #4 Mariane De Carvalho | G: #5 Aniya Thomas | G: #15 Zakiyah Franklin | G: #21 Brooklyn Mitchell | C: #35 Bailey Helgren

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: K-State leads the series, 74-47
In Lawrence: K-State leads, 32-25
Last Meeting: K-State won, 72-62 (ot), on Feb. 6, 2019, in Lawrence
Head Coach Jeff Mittie vs. Kansas: 14-6
• Head coach Jeff Mittie is 11-1against Kansas while coaching at K-State.
• Over the last 40 meetings, K-State is 33-7 against the Jayhawks.

MANHATTAN, Kansas - One of the longest continuous rivalries in all of women's college basketball resumes on Wednesday night as Kansas State travels to Kansas for a midweek meeting in the Dillons Sunflower Showdown at 8 p.m., in Allen Fieldhouse.

• Wednesday's game can be seen live on FSN, as Ron Thulin (play-by-play), Brenda VanLengen (analyst) will have the call.
• K-State is the only team in the nation with a pair of players to average a double-double this season, led by senior Peyton Williams. Williams is averaging a double-double with 15.8 points on a .487 field goal percentage and a team-high 11.2 rebounds. In league play, Williams is averaging 17.0 points and 9.5 rebounds.
• Redshirt freshman center Ayoka Lee joins Williams in averaging a double-double with 15.4 points on a .575 field goal percentage and 10.9 rebounds. Lee is also averaging 2.6 blocks.

Starting 5
Five names, numbers or storylines about K-State women's basketball
1. Touching up the Paint
• Kansas State has registered 630 points (37.1 ppg) in the paint this season, which represents 51.5 percent of K-State overall point total. In the 2018-19 season, the Wildcats scored 928 points (28.1 ppg) in the paint which was 43.6 percent of K-State point total.
2. Lee Pacing Big 12 Freshmen
• 2020 Big 12 Freshman of the Year candidate Ayoka Lee leads all Big 12 freshmen in scoring (15.4 ppg), rebounding (10.9 rpg), blocks (2.6 bpg), offensive rebounds (4.1 orpg) and defensive rebounds (6.8 drpg). She is second among the league's freshmen in field goal percentage (.575).
3. Williams With Career Milestone
• Peyton Williams, a candidate for every national award including the 2020 Senior CLASS Award, is one of nine players in the nation with 1,300 or more career points, 800 or more career rebounds and 100 or more career blocks. She is the fourth player in program history to reach these marks.
4. Harris Heating Up
• Senior Angela Harris has scored in double figures in nine of the last 10 games. In her first six Big 12 games, Harris is averaging 15.8 points and ranks 11th in the Big 12 for league-only games.
5. Second Chance
• Kansas State has scored 200 (11.8 ppg) second chance points this season. The Wildcats have 12 games with 10 or more second chance points. In the 2018-19 season, K-State registered 326 (9.9 ppg) second chance points and had 17 games with 10 or more second chance points.

Last Time Out
Kansas State 92, Oklahoma 74 (January 25, 2020; Manhattan, Kan.)
• K-State secured its first three-game winning streak against Oklahoma since a five-game streak from 1988-89 to 1990-91.
• The 92 points against the Sooners were the most scored by the Wildcats in the series since scoring 92 on Feb. 14, 1990.
• The trio of Peyton Williams, Ayoka Lee and Angela Harris combined for 67 of K-State's 92 points. Lee secured the first 20-20 game in program history with 23 points and 20 rebounds.

Number to Know
9
• Redshirt freshman Ayoka Lee achieved an incredibly rare stat line against Oklahoma on Saturday.
• Lee finished with 23 points, 20 rebounds, five blocks and two steals.
• According to Stats, Inc., Lee is the ninth player in NCAA Division I women's basketball and the only freshmen in the last 10 seasons to register 20 or more points, 20 or more rebounds, five or more blocks and two or more steals.
• Lee and Texas's Nneka Enemkpali in 2012 are the only players from a Power 5 conference to achieve these marks in the last 10 years.

At a Glance: Kansas
• Kansas (12-6, 1-6 Big 12) enters Wednesday's Dillons Sunflower Showdown with losses in six of their last seven games.
• On the sideline, Kansas is led by fifth-year head coach Brandon Schneider. Schneider is 51-89 (.364) in his time in Lawrence.
• Leading Kansas this season are sophomore Aniya Thomas and junior Tina Stephens.
• Thomas paces six players in double figures by averaging 12.2 points. She is second on the team in 3-point field goals made with 27.
• Stephens is averaging 11.1 points and leads the Jayhawks on the boards with 7.1 rebounds. At Iowa State on Saturday, Stephens tallied a team-high 20 points off the bench.

Wildcats on the Road
• K-State has a 275-293 (.484) record in road games during the program's 52-year history.
• Since the 2000-01 season, K-State owns an 115-113 (.504) mark in road contests.
• With a 76-72 win at Texas Tech on January 11, K-State tied the school record for consecutive Big 12 road wins with six straight.
• In his career in games played on the road, head coach Jeff Mittie is 151-171 (.469) including a 26-34 (.433) mark during his time at K-State.
• Overall in the 2018-19 season, K-State owned a 7-3 record on the road. The seven road wins were the most since the 2008-09 season (10). It was the fourth straight season K-State won five or more road games in a season and the most road wins since the 2012-13 season.

K-State Picking Pockets
• The Wildcats have stepped into the passing lanes this season.
• Kansas State is averaging 7.7 steals per game (130 steals). Of the 258 turnovers K-State has forced this season, 50.4 percent have come from a steal.
• Against Oral Roberts, K-State snared a season-high 15 steals. Since the start of the Jeff Mittie era in the 2014-15 season, the Wildcats have 12 games with 15 or more steals.
• During the 2018-19 season, K-State registered 271 steals (8.2 spg). Of the 531 turnovers by opponents, 51.0 percent came from a K-State steal. This was the fifth straight season the Wildcats bagged 250 or more steals in a season.
• Kansas State ranked fourth in the Big 12 in steals per game a season ago.

Double-Double Vision
• K-State's post duo of Peyton Williams and Ayoka Lee have been a double-double tandem in their first season together.
• The pair has recorded a double-double in the same game five times this season. The low post tandem has combined for 17 double-doubles this season, with Lee carding nine and Williams eight.
• Williams and Lee are each averaging a double-double this season, as Williams has 15.8 points and 11.2 rebounds while Lee stands at 15.4 points and 10.9 rebounds. They are the only set of teammates in the nation to average a double-double this season.
• Last season, Williams (14) paired with guard Kayla Goth (6) to register 20 combined double-doubles.

Sharing is Caring
• Kansas State registered a 2019-20 season-high with 30 assists against UIW on December 3. The 30 assists were the most in the Jeff Mittie era, the most since K-State handed out 30 assists against Grambling on December 4, 2009 and tied for the fifth-highest single-game total in program history.
• The Wildcats are 65-2 when handing out 20 or more assists over the last 14 years.
• In the 2019-20 season, K-State is averaging 16.2 assists and an assist percentage of 59.8. K-State ranks 37th in the nation and third in the Big 12 for assists per game.
• In the 2018-19 season, K-State had 427 assists on its 758 made field goals, which was a 56.3 percent assisted shot rate.
• Since assists became an officially tracked stat in 1981-82, Kansas State has registered an assisted shot rate of 60.0 percent or higher at the end of a season 19 times in its history.

Williams on the Defensive
• Forward Peyton Williams has continued to be a strong defensive presence for K-State in the post and was recognized as a member of the 2019 Big 12 All-Defensive Team by the league's coaches.
• In the 2019-20 season, Williams is averaging 0.88 blocks and 1.3 steals.
• Against Oklahoma State on January 15, Williams registered two blocks and two steals. This was her ninth career game with two or more blocks and two or more steals in the same game.
• In her career, Williams has 24 career games with two or more blocks. She also has 34 career games with two or more steals.
• With her block against Oklahoma, Williams tied Brie Madden (2001-05; 104) for fifth in program history for career blocks.
• For her career, Williams ranks seventh in program history for career blocks per game at 0.9. She is tied for fifth in program history for career games (3) with five or more blocks.
• With seven steals, Williams will become the first player in program history with career totals of 150 or more steals and 100 or more blocks.

Lee Among Unique Club
• Redshirt freshman Ayoka Lee has joined and improved upon a unique club in program history.
• Against UIC on November 11, Lee registered 13 points, 12 rebounds and five blocks. This was her first career double-double and she became the sixth player in program history to record a double-double and five or more blocks in the same game. She is the fourth player in the Jeff Mittie era to achieve the feat.
• She became the fourth player in program history with multiple games with a double-double and five or more blocks with her effort against Michigan State. Lee tallied a career-high 22 points, 13 rebounds and a career-high six blocks against the Spartans in the Junkanoo Jam.
• Lee moved into a tie for second in program history for career double-doubles with five or more blocks, as she registered the first 20-20 game in program history and added five blocks against Oklahoma on January 25, 2020.

Lee on the Boards
• Redshirt freshman Ayoka Lee has been a dominant presence on the boards to begin her career.
• Lee is averaging 10.9 rebounds per game and has a total of 185 rebounds this season. Lee ranks third in the Big 12 on the boards and first among the league's freshmen. She ranks 11th in the nation in rebounding average and second among all freshmen in NCAA Division I.
• Lee paces the Big 12 in offensive rebounds with 4.1 per game and ranks 23rd in the nation among all players and second among freshmen.
• She ranks tied for seventh in program history for rebounds in a freshman season.
• Lee was the fastest player in program history to 100 career boards (nine games) and was the only freshmen in a Power 5 conference this season to collect 100 or more rebounds in nine games.
• Against Oklahoma, Lee tied the school record for rebounds in a game with 20. Her 20 boards are tied for the second most in the nation by a freshman this season.
• Lee has registered 10 or more rebounds in 10 games this season and five or more boards in all 17 games.

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Players Mentioned

Jasauen Beard

Christianna Carr

Kayla Goth

Angela Harris

Ayoka Lee

Peyton Williams

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